Rapid forgetting prevented by retrospective attention cues

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1224-1231

  Pertzov, Yoni ^a   Bays, Paul M ^a   Joseph, Sabine ^a   Husain, Masud ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention; Forgetting; Memory decay; Retro cue; Visual working memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ATTENTION; CUES; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884959923     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030947     Document Type: Article

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